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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
'Lake Tahoe Ladies' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Ladies' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. (Photo by ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Colourful Crew, 1970 - Holidaymakers Sailing in Bermuda on a Yellow Yacht
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

'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

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Clifftop Pool' 1971 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Clifftop Pool' Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis' villa 'La Barranca', Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estat...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'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

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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

Slim Aarons, Poolside Party, (Kaufmann Desert Hous)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Party, (Kaufmann Desert House), 1970. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A poolside party at...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Skiing At Courchevel
Located in New York, NY
Skiing At Courchevel 1970 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Skiers on the slopes at Courchevel, France, 1963. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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1970s 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

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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

Slim Aarons, Melina Mercouri (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Melina Mercouri 1961 Printed Later. Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 1961: Greek actress Melina Mercouri (1925 - 1994) sitting at a stre...
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1960s 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 'Keep Your Cool'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Carmen Alv...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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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

Elio Uno and Dos, Diptych. From The Nostalgic Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elio Uno and Dos, Diptych by Ricky Cohete From The Nostalgic Series Archival Pigment Print Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W. Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 + 1AP Un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Montecatini' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Montecatini' Marie-Louise Scio at the Tettuccio Terme in Montecatini, Italy, June 1980. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron on Tigerskin Rug
Located in Brighton, GB
Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron on Tigerskin Rug by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "B...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

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

Speedboat Landing - Speedboat Docking at Pier in Turquoise Oceanic Waters
Located in Brighton, GB
Speedboat Landing - Speedboat Docking at Pier in Turquoise Oceanic Waters by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Spee...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Family Snapper (Babe Paley)'
Located in New York, NY
Family Snapper, 1959 Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition to 150 Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

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

'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

Nancy Borland (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Borland 1976 (printed later) Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Mrs. William (Nancy) Borland, daughter of Pebble Beach developer Samuel...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway Oscar', Co-Signed
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake (Stare) Los Angeles 1977, Printed Later Silver Gelatin Print 30 x 30 inches Edition of 50 Co-Signed and numbered edition of 50 And also available as posth...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

Les Sophores, Saint-Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Les Sophores, Saint-Tropez, 1977 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Janine Bril in the garden...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Portofino Villa'
Located in New York, NY
Portofino Villa 1977 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Po...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

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

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Antibes' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Antibes' Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper siz...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Villa Vera Acapulco' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968 This was printed later. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authentici...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1987 (printed later) Archival pigment print 24 x 24 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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 '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

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

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

"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

I Love You to Nantucket and Back
Located in Greenwich, CT
From Debranne Cingari's "Words in the Sky" series, this piece celebrates the playfulness that has long been a signature element of her oeuvre. Cingari combines beautiful landscapes, ...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Metal

Mid Century Mercedes Benz SL, Midnight Modern Series Contemporary Photography
Located in Brooklyn, NY
TOM BLACHFORD PHOTOGRAPHY Large Edition of 3 Palm Springs Mid Century Modern Architecture, Vintage Classic Mercedes Benz SL, Palm Desert, Limited Series. Archival Inkjet Print on ...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

'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 '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 '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

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

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Lambda

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 '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 '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

Sombras. Sepia Limited Edition Photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sombras, 2023 by Ricky Cohete Archival pigment print Image size: 36 in H x 24 in W. Edition of 10 + 1AP Unframed _________________________ Ricky Cohete was born in a coastal city i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

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 '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

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C Print

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, 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 '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, 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 '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

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

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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 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

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C Print

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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