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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
Period: 1960s
Slim Aarons, Lounging In Verbier (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lounging In Gstaad, 1961, Printed Later C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' : Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film producer Kevin McClor...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Klosters 1963 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Lounging In Verbier' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. This photograph epitomises the travel style a...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Lounging In Verbier Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lounging In Verbier 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. unframed c type pri...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Zermatt Skiing' - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Culinary Heights 1987 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bate...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, 'Poolside in Arizona' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside in Arizona 1973. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne B...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc Riva Boats Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 10...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 37 x 37 inches AP 4/8 Signed, numbered and dated by the artist Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Gir...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Yacht Holiday (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt's yacht in Marbella, 1967 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 'Culinary Heights' - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Culinary Heights 1987 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bate...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Tyrolean Churches (Mid-Century Modern Landscape Photography)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Natale Rusconi in Venice 1990 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity The Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kir...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

O’Brian’s Catch Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
O’Brian’s Catch (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorkelling expedition, Antigua in the ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Slim Aarons, Capri Tan (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Capri Tan, 1968 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy. Estat...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 44 x 44 inches edition of 45 Signed, numbered and dated by the artist Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind t...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Kennedy, John Jr. Looking at his Reflection in Tabletop, 1963
Located in New York, NY
John John Looking at his Reflection in Tabletop, nb_ 150 -- Jackie and John Jr. Palm Beach 1963 Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made t...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Zermatt Skiing'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Zermatt Skiing 1968 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, M...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Terry O'Neill, Frank Sinatra Boardwalk (Mid-century Modern Photography)
Located in New York, NY
Frank Sinatra and entourage on Miami Beach 1968 (printed later) C print 48 x 72 inches Estate signature stamped numbered edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity from the Terry...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Lounging In Verbier'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lounging In Verbier 1964 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slope...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waiters 1960 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Backgammon in Haiti'
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool in Haiti, January 1975. Estate ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Celebrity Cruise (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Celebrity Cruise, 1965 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. British comedian Peter Sellers (19...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski, 1963 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 and hand number...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Twiggy In Red Trousers, 1967 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultu...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Lounging In Verbier (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lounging In Gstaad, 1961, Printed Later C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultu...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Chalet Costi (Style)
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail II, 1960 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. Estate stamped and ha...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Las Brisas' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Las Brisas, Acapulco 1978 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity The coastline near Warren Avis' villa in ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, La Canzone Del Mare (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
La Canzone Del Mare, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certif...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Spot the Ball, Myopia Hunt Club
Located in New York, NY
Spot the Ball, Myopia Hunt Club, 1960 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Mick Jagger 1965 Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
LONDON – FEBRUARY 26: English singer, songwriter and lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, at Television House Studios during rehearsals for the ITV show “Ready Steady Go!”...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Twiggy In Pink Tights On Swing 1967 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultura...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Slim Aarons 'Apres Ski' - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Apres Ski 1961 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at the bar on t...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Actors in Antibes'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Actors in Antibes 1969 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Actors Kirk Douglas (left), Louis Jourdan an...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

The Rolling Stones Playing Golf 1965
Located in London, GB
January 6-8, 1965: The Rolling Stones perform in Belfast, Northern Ireland, again and perform their first ever concerts in Ireland, in Dublin and Cork. Photo from Global Archives P...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Beatles 1964 Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Beatles perform “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, 1964. Photo by Globe Archives Paper size 40 x 40" / 101 x 101cm Unframed Archival Pigment Print Certificate of authenticity provided...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, 'The High Life in St Tropez'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons The High Life 1977. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity August 1977: Actor George Hamilton (in blue) ta...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Winter Suntans
Located in New York, NY
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. Circa 1960's 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, Lounging In Verbier (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lounging In Gstaad, 1961, Printed Later C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Chalet Costi' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail 1960 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A group of skiers stand in line waiti...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Kennedy, John Jr. on Reflective Tabletop, 1963
Located in New York, NY
John Jr. on Reflective Tabletop 1963, nb_149 -- This photo of John Junior, taken when he was three, was a favorite of Jackie’s; in a letter to Mark, Jackie wrote “they really should ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons, Rockefeller Brothers
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Rockefeller Brothers, 1960 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity The Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York o...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Designer's Homes, Dior Pink Satin, 1960
Located in New York, NY
Designers' Homes Pink Satin, 1960 -- Christa Vogel wearing a Dior satin dress, photographed for 1960 issue of Life Magazine. The setting is a house ow...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons, Chalet Costi (Style)
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail II, 1960 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. Estate stamped and ha...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Hotel Taormina (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Taormina, 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. Estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waiters 1960 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

20's Backdrop, Mark Bohan with Models in Dior, 1961
Located in New York, NY
Mark Bohan with Models, 1961 -- According to Dior this image shows "Marc Bohan with models from his first collection (Spring-Summer 1961), which was a great success. The prettiness a...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Skiers At Gstaad' - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Skiers At Gstaad 1969 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969. (P...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 16 x 16 inches edition of 100 Signed, numbered and dated by the artist Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Girls in the Windows" Ormond Gigli is a highly regarded American photojournalist, best known for his breathtaking portraiture and surreal fashion photography. With a career spanning over four decades, Gigli's visual narratives have appeared in prominent international publications such as TIME, LIFE, Paris Match, and Colliers. Gigli began his journey in the 1950s, gaining recognition for his captivating photographs of theater, film, and dance. His subjects were a medley of cultural icons - Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Anita Ekberg, Marcel Duchamp, Willem de Kooning, John F. Kennedy, Halston, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Richard Burton, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and many more. His approach to portraiture was as much about his technical prowess and compositional elegance as it was about his ability to elicit his subject's spirit and character, a skill that would mark him as one of the luminaries of his time, akin to contemporaries such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Diane Arbus. Yet, the pièce de résistance of Gigli's illustrious career is the iconic photograph known as "Girls in the Windows," taken in 1960. This masterwork exemplifies Gigli's innovative vision and ability to transform the everyday into a tableau vivant of unparalleled aesthetic appeal. The image depicts 43 women poised in the windows of a New York City brownstone, exuding an ephemeral vibrancy that captures the essence of 1960s fashion and art photography. Born in New York City in 1925, Gigli's passion for photography blossomed...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Skiers At Verbier' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Skiers At Verbier 1964 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. 1964: Skiers relax in deckchairs on the...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Lounging In Gstaad' - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lounging In Gstaad 1961 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Dining In Gstaad 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Dining In Gstaad 1961 Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. By Slim Aarons 60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size C-Type Print unframed (framing available ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

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