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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
Britney Dreams 2004 Markus Klinko Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Britney Dreams 2004 Photo by Markus Klinko Limited Estate Edition C Print Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Paper size 20×24 inches/ 5...
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Early 2000s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Adolfo De Velasco' 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Adolfo De Velasco' 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Adolfo de Velasco relaxes on a verandah in Marrakech, April 1988. (Photo by Slim Aarons...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion V
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion V Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961. ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'George Hamilton' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print American actor George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968. Produced from the original transparency Certi...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Skiing In Vermont' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vermont' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Prod...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' 1954 Official Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorat...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons - Boca Raton Polo Set - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Boca Raton Polo Set - Estate Stamped group of players and friends at a polo match at the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida, April...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Early Riders' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Early Riders' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern California, Janu...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons - Verbier Skiers - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Skiers', 1964. Stylish skiers dressed in fashionable ski wear including a young woman who wears a fur jacket adjust skis and prepare for a day on ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blue - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blue Signed Limited Edition The sun filters through from behind some trees reflected in a pool. Stuart Möller paper size - 60 x 40 " / 152 x 101 cm Signed and numbered by artist o...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'The Fullers' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The Fullers' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Positano Beach' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Positano Beach' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. (P...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color

'Funk In Tuscany' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Funk In Tuscany' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Italian fashion designer, model and socialite, Marta Marzotto (1931 - 2016), playing a James Brown album on an Itali...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color

'Kaufmann Desert House' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Kaufmann Desert House' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessm...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' 1957 Official Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Slim...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Galloping Horses' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Galloping Horses' Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Horse Racing at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, August, 1984. Note all prints are limited edition Archival P...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Skiing In Seefeld' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Seefeld' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A group of men and women go cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria, 1985. Produced from the original transparen...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Dali's Party' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dali's Party' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman at a ball i...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Shulman, Buff, Straub, Hensman. Case Study House #20, Colour Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited edition of 60 FujiChrome-Prints, signed by Julius Shulman, released in 1999. 60 x 75.5 cm (23.6 x 29.7 in.) The photographer American photographer Julius Shulman’s images of ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

'Las Brisas' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supp...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Governing Couple' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Governing Couple' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print November 1971: Nancy Reagan and her husband film star and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan (later the 40th Pre...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Tania Mallet' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tania Mallet' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Street 1953 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street 1953 Slim Aarons Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity suppli...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Idyll- Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA (Photo by Slim Aarons). This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'. A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-type photograph Limited edition to 150 only numbered and stamped by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso. Printed 2020 from the negative dated 1955 Supplied with certificate of authenticity. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size. Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations. GALERIE PRINTS works in close partnership with the prestigious Getty Images Archive and Slim Aarons Estate, London England - to bring you officially certified prints from this beautiful collection. Our prints are produced as Original Colour C-type or Black & White Silver Gelatin Photographs – utilising the original transparencies and negatives housed at the Archive. fashion 50s 1950s ladies fashions relaxation red feminine charming Palm Beach beaches Florida Atlantic Ocean Miami luxurious nature sand palm trees...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Sunbathing In Arizona' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Arizona' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington's pool in Carefree, Arizona, Ap...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Chalet Costi 1968 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Chalet Costi Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utilising the only original tra...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Nicely Coiffed
Located in London, GB
Nicely Coiffed A poodle enters a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France, 1970. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Fan Mail' 1955- Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly afte...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Winter Suntans 1960 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Winter Suntans Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utilising the only origi...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests around the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1978. (...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color

'You Look Wonderful' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'You Look Wonderful' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print 1990: Alpine ski champion Max Rieger on the balcony of a villa in Gudari, in the Caucasus mountains,Georgia. With him is Meg O'Neil dressed in ski suit designed by Bogner and wearing with it an Aeroflot flight cap...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas 1968 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim A...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Produced from the original tran...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Megachess' 1993 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Megachess' 1993 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993 Two young women in colourful dresses are seen taking...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Moutain Buffet' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Moutain Buffet' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le Chabichou', and Alb...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Sugarbush Skiing' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sugarbush Skiing' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print An outdoor bar at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, March 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch 1966 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966. Slim Aarons Chromogen...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' 1960 Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' 1960 - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the cover...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Poolside Bar' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Bar' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. Produced from the origi...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Leonard Dalsemer Lyford Cay
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Poolside Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neu...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Royal Winner' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Royal Winner' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print 1955: Prince Philip, captain of the Windsor Park Team, with the Windsor Cup after his team b...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins 1957
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utilising ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego 1956
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956. Slim Aa...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - All Mine 1968 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
All Mine Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan. Photo by Slim Aar...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Offcial Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering 1968
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Gathering Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in A...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Social Call' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Social Call' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Produced from th...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Tram Turntable - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Tram Turntable A tram being manually rotated on a turntable in San Francisco, California, 1960. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utilising the o...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' 1954 Official Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorat...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn with Flowers'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Audrey Hepburn with Flowers 1955 60 x 40 inches Estate stamped and numbered on verso Norman Parkinson, born in 1913 and passing in 1990, was an icon in the realm o...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Cannes Watersports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utili...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Nice Pool 1955 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Nice Pool - Oversize American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach. Original Publication: A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons (Photo by Slim Aarons) Chromogenic print paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm unframed printed later edition size 150 only certificate of authenticity supplied numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency. summer summery dog dogs...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

'Vuccino And Rava' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Vuccino And Rava' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear o...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris'
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray in Paris 1956 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 American surrealist artist and photographer Man Ray (1890 - 1976) with some examples of his work at his Left Ban...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Tuscany, Couple, Siena 1996
Located in Surfside, FL
Meyerowitz first drew acclaim for his remarkable ability to capture subtlequalities of light with the 1978 publication of Cape Light, which went on to become a color photography clas...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Paraglider' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Paraglider' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness, 1968. Produced from the ...
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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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