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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
Neo-Classical Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Pool By The Sea Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985. unframed c type print printe...
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Portofino Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Portofino 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. u...
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Poolside Secrets Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Secrets 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. unframed c type prin...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. unf...
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Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Private boats in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size...
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Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. unf...
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Portofino, Italy Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Portofino, Italy 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests relax on the terrace at the villa of Umberto and Pucci Nordio, Portofino, 1985 unframed c type prin...
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Posing By The Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Posing By The Pool 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper siz...
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Poolside In Sotogrande Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Sotogrande 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. unframed c type print printed 2023 numbere...
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Portofino Villa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Portofino Villa 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel’s villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Ita...
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Positano Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Positano 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958 unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - p...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Racing At Baden Baden Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Racing At Baden Baden 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Spectators dine in the open air as the horses go by at Baden Baden racecourse, Germany, September 1978...
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Princess Pia Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Princess Pia 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Princess Pia Ruspoli laying on a lounger by a swimming pool on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. unf...
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Rooftop Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Rooftop Pool 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman by the pool on the roof of the Loews Hotel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1975. unframed c type print pr...
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Saint-Tropez Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1971 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two young women, one wearing a kaftan, stepping onto a yacht on the waterfront at Saint-Tropez, France, August...
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Saint-Tropez Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1971 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. unframed c type print printed 2023 2...
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San Diego Gulls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
San Diego Gulls 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Seagulls over a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inch...
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Santa And Serena Antonelli Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Santa And Serena Antonelli 1983 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Santa and Serena Antonelli and a guest dining al fresco on the terrace of their home above Via Gi...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Camelback Inn Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Camelback Inn 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A view of the Camelback Inn, Scottsdale Arizona, April 1967 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches -...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Skiers At Sugarbush Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960. unframed c type print printed ...
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Skiers At Gstaad Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Gstaad 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited...
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Skiers in St Moritz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiers in St Moritz 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size...
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Skiers In Gstaad Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiers In Gstaad 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961 unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size Limi...
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Snorkelling Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Snorkelling Holiday 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A snorkelling holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, circa 1975 unframed c type prin...
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St Tropez Garden Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
St Tropez Garden 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition An elegant woman poses in a garden in St Tropez, August 1977 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inch...
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Skiing Waitress Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waitress 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Ski ‘bum’ Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her sk...
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Sugarbush Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Skiing 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition An outdoor bar at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, March 1969 unframed c type print printed 2023 1...
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Taking The Plunge Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Taking The plunge 1962 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Isla...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Verbier Skiers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Verbier Skiers 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Fashionable Skiers at Verbier, 1964. unframed c type print numbered in ink on the front Limited to 150 pri...
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Tania Mallet Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tania Mallet 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best kno...
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Birds Eye Monte Carlo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition An aerial view of the beach at Monte Carlo, with skyscrapers rising behind, August 1981. unframed c t...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Relaxing At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Relaxing At Lake Tahoe 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. unframed c type printed 2023...
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Keep Your Cool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco ...
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Black Tie Poolside Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Black Tie Poolside 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A formal party by a swimming pool in the Algarve, Portugal, June 1973. unframed c type print printed 202...
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Caracalla Therme Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Caracalla Therme 1990 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990. unframed c type print printe...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Chief Of Protocol Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Chief Of Protocol 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Honorable Angier Biddle Duke, Chief of Protocol for the State Department during the Kennedy Years, Nov...
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Cavallo Coast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cavallo Coast 1984 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition August 1984: A fleet of yachts at anchor off the sunny Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. unframed c t...
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Beauty and the Beast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Beauty and the Beast 1959 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at social...
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Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957 unfram...
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Jean Serpieri Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri 1961 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that ...
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Villa Vera Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Villa Vera 1968 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. unframed c type ...
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Connelly And Guest Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Connelly And Guest 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Cee Zee Guest (1920 – 2003, left) with Joanne Connelly in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1...
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Drinks At Gstaad Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Drinks At Gstaad 1984 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Models from Parisian jeweller M. Gerard enjoying drinks on the terrace of The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switz...
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French Bath Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
French Bath 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Joyce Pallardy relaxes at the Villa Macopa, the home of Mrs Andre Hammel in St Tropez...
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Flamingos In Flight Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Flamingos In Flight 1979 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Flamingos in flight, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, January 1979. unframed c type print printed 2023 16...
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French Stately Home Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at the...
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Giacomo Montegazza Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Giacomo Montegazza 1983 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Cassinella, on Lake Co...
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Il Pellicano Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Pool 1986 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. unframed c type print ...
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Il Canille Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Il Canille 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the ...
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Hotel Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Pool 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests by the pool at the Gavina Hotel, Spain, 1970. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper ...
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Italian Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Italian Holiday 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento, holidays with family and friends on a luxury yacht in Porto Ercole, Tusc...
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Lunch Al Fresco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lunch Al Fresco 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of horse riders stop for lunch among Washingtonia palms in Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, southern Ca...
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Marietine Birnie Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marietine Birnie 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. unframed c type print ...
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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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Marbella Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marbella Club 1976 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The swimming pool of the Marbella Club in Andalucia looks out over the sea, 1976 unframed c type print printe...
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Marina Piccola Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inch...
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Mazatlan Seaside Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Mazatlan Seaside 1984 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers at a seaside pool at Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x...
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