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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
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beach...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

'At The Fair' 1972 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'At The Fair' 1972 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print An African Caribbean mother and daughter seeing the sights at a funfair on Hampstead Heath, London, E...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Anchorage Hotel
Located in London, GB
A view of the Anchorage Hotel on Dickenson Bay, Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Built by a Scottish couple, formerly resident in Africa, the hotel complex features Zulu-style cotta...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Street (Slim Aarons Estate)
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. C print 12 x 10 inches Framed Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticit...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

"The Lips" Figurative Photography 24" x 24" Edition of 15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Lips" Figurative Photography 24" x 24" Edition of 15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Socialites' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Socialites' Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Skiing In Vail'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Skiing In Vail 1964 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A group of skiers...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Laguna Beach Surfers' (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Surfers outside a b...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Two-Tone Dress 1956 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Two-Tone Dress A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the waist, San Diego, California, October 1956. Paper size 20 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Alpine Skiing 1964 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Alpine Skiing Skiers waiting for the cable car at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964. Paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Summer Picnic 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Summer Picnic 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A summer picnic at the Castle Pines yacht club in Colorado, 1990. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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 - Estate Edition - Mustique Tranquility
Located in London, GB
Mustique Tranquility Meg O’Neill, a writer for Town and Country magazine, relaxing by the infinity pool at Colin Tennant’s home on the West Indies island of Mustique, February 1989...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tropical Mustique
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at their modern home on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. The house was designed by their son Bertrand for ea...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

36x48 "Jaws" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Fine Art Print 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

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Anguilla Beach Resort'
Located in New York, NY
Anguilla Beach Resort 1992 C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Holidaymakers on the mile-long crescent beach at the Hotel Cap Jaluca resort, Anguilla, Leeward Islands...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Katharine Hepburn, Montego Bay' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Katharine Hepburn Drivi...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

ROCKY 36x48 Sylvester Stallone Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Rocky" 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 of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

40x60 Journey "ESCAPE" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is new release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become more than just timeless music. They encapsulate an era instantly...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Party 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A pool party in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964. unframed c type print printed 2...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Barbados 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Barbados 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The former Pauline Haywood sunbathing on a lilo in a swimming pool designed by English artist Oliver Messel, Barbados, April...
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1970s 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

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Lambda

'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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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie - limited edition Mick Rock Estate print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - signed limited edition print David Bowie, 1976. (photo Mick Rock) paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm Stamped and numbered by the Estate. Archival pigment print...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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 'Eye Of The Beholder'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder 1974 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'View From Il Pellicano'
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

Materials

C Print

'Nirvana' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Nirvana' 1967 The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Lambda

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

Materials

Lambda

Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 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. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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 Catch Up By the Pool (Aarons Estate edition)
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up By The Pool, 1970 ( Outtake from the sold out Poolside Gossip Series) C print Estate editon of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A desert house in Palm ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Natale Rusconi in Venice
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Natale Rusconi in Venice 1978 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Ciprian...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Swimmer and Sunbather (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at Lake Tahoe, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Estate stamped and hand numbered ed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke 1980 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Catherine Wilke...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Catching The Sun In Cortina'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Catching The Sun In Cortina 1976 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Giuliana Gerolinetto, Maria Cristi...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'The Fullers'
Located in New York, NY
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL Estate stamped and hand numbered ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Pussyfooting 2 (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Pussyfooting 2 1958 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film produce...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Capri Hotel
Located in London, GB
Capri Hotel Count Manfredi’s exclusive hotel on Capri, designed by Le Corbusier, August 1980. The Faraglioni Rocks are in the background. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Lambda

Monocled Miss (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. S...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Palm Beach Street - View of Cars and Palm Trees Lining a Boulevard in Palm Beach
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

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

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

Mid Century Classic Porsche Car Carrera Midnight Modern Contemporary Photography
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Landscape, Classic Red Porsche Carrera, Palm Tree, Mid Century Modern, Limited Series. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Modern Architecture Design. Tom Blachford,...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

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

Materials

Inkjet

Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing 1973 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print) Estate edition of 150 August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a j...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, on a lilo in a swimming pool decorated for Christmas, Hollywood, 1954. The Hollywood sign can be seen in the distance. Estate stamped...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

NEW Slim Aarons 'Lilly Pulitzer Fashions' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Three women wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer take a break from shooting during a fashion shoot for Pulitzer at 400 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, 1964. Slim Aarons Lilly ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Monocled Miss (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. S...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Couple'
Located in New York, NY
A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Estate stamped and hand numbere...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'All Aboard'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons All Aboard 1975 C-print Edition of 150 Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Image...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Satin Seduction - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction Film star Diana Dors in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'El Dorado Beach'
Located in New York, NY
El Dorado Beach 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity El Dorado Beach on the south side...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Painted Ladies Victorian and Edwardian houses of San Francisco, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square are an icon of San Francisco. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures them in a quintessential beautiful way. The images is a contrast between ...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Marbella Backgammon 1970 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A group of people playing backgammon...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

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

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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